Almshouses East Street Harrietsham Kent ME17 1HJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/502951/FULL - Full Pending

Proposal

Retrospective application for the erection of a gazebo in the almshouses communal garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from Maidstone's recent extensions. Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Anglesey Cottage Chulmleigh Chulmleigh Cottage
List entry 1336293 · 14 m from the pin · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 13 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Harrietsham, East Street conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Harrietsham built-up area; Open access land 41 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME17 1HJ
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
Parish
Harrietsham
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Ravenford Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
73%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
395decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15126492
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Maidstone is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #34 out of 296. Only 30% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maidstone decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #225 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #175 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #34 of 296
30%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #55 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
136 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,110
Total decisions
181 refused in the year to March 2026